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Yet another power outage.
Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility
has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry |
Yet another power outage.
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Yet another power outage.
On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote:
In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered on the empty house behind the house next door. During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry |
Yet another power outage.
On Jan 2, 7:55*am, wrote:
On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote: In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. - It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered - on the empty house behind the house next door. BUSTED - Call the NARCs ! Sounds like a Marijuana Growing Operation : Uses lot's of AC Power Usage due to CFL Grow Lites plus the Hydroponics. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...rban-pot_x.htm How Can Someone 'Spot' a Marijuana Grow Operation? http://solgps.gov.ab.ca/drugs/marijuana.aspx?id=3625 Hydroponics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. Often Illegal Drug Operations are Power Boot-Strappers : They Jump or By-Pass the AC Mains and Meter. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
Yet another power outage.
On Jan 2, 9:31 pm, RHF wrote:
On Jan 2, 7:55 am, wrote: On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote: In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. - It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered - on the empty house behind the house next door. BUSTED - Call the NARCs ! Sounds like a Marijuana Growing Operation : Uses lot's of AC Power Usage due to CFL Grow Lites plus the Hydroponics.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...rban-pot_x.htm How Can Someone 'Spot' a Marijuana Grow Operation?http://solgps.gov.ab.ca/drugs/marijuana.aspx?id=3625 Hydroponics -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. Often Illegal Drug Operations are Power Boot-Strappers : They Jump or By-Pass the AC Mains and Meter. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The power outages were a blessing. I have been plagued by a intermittent AC "buzz". I had been thinking it was a nearby security light because as you know they can be RFI nightmares. We live in a subdivision that a developer is trying to buy out and redevelop into a primer upscale, as in expensive gated, community. He is buying out everyone he can and has bought the homes behind us, on one side of and both homes diagonally behind us. During the new years eve 'black out', I dug out my blackest clothes and played commando or cat burglar. I wanted to take a look at the home to our north east corner. The meter has been pulled and the telephone NID, demarcation box, was removed. When the power came back on I walked over that way with a DX398 and sure enough the noise was pretty strong. I contacted the developer and explained the situation. A flunky dropped of a key and told me to take my time the house would be demolished as soon as the permits are granted. After PT (pain and torture) I arrived home at 4:00 and took the key and drove over. We have 3" of snow and with my knee I am not going to risk clowning around. As I pulled into the drive way, the MW receiver in the car experienced severe RF noise. Kind of odd considering the meter is missing. So I do a walk through and while the noise is strong, it isn't as strong as in the drive. I found a battery charger in the garage that was still receiving power. It appears the previous owners had tapped before the meter. I contacted the developer and explained what I had found and he asked me to contact the utility. Since the chief engineer and I are on speaking terms I called him and explained what I had found. He said he would be over 'real soon'. 15 minutes later he was here. We drove over in his 4WD and he was very unhappy. He took photos and called the developer and gained permission to know some drywall down. Sure enough behind the meter base, attached to an external wall, there was a bootleg connection. At that point he called the state police police to come and take a report, and a crew to come and disconnect the home at the transformer. It appears our utility takes a very dim view of bootleg connections. I asked him to drop me off at home before the crew arrived because I wanted to hear what would happen when the service was killed. I was lucky, the loud buzz was back in force. The crew arrived and did a hot disconnect. The temps are 13F so I guess they don't want to make people more upset then the four black outs did. Anyway, the buzz vanished shortly after the bucket truck guy went up. It has been almost an hour and no buzz. The developer called me to thank me for my efforts. He did not want a house fire as a fire run would cost 3 times as much as the demolition crew. The chief engineer was very appreciative. He gave me his private cell phone number. I have been trying to find that noise source for at least 3 years. At times it would go away for as long as a month. Then it would be there for days on end, but everytime we started hunting for it would go quiet. The charger is a very expensive unit, but the state police grabbed it as evidence. They have a crime scene unit over there right now taking the place apart. I keep expecting a knock on my door for them to ask for my fingerprints since I was inside. Now for some DXing with the heat on! Terry |
Yet another power outage.
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Yet another power outage.
On Jan 2, 4:31 pm, RHF wrote:
On Jan 2, 7:55 am, wrote: On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote: In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. - It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered - on the empty house behind the house next door. BUSTED - Call the NARCs ! Sounds like a Marijuana Growing Operation : Uses lot's of AC Power Usage due to CFL Grow Lites plus the Hydroponics.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...rban-pot_x.htm How Can Someone 'Spot' a Marijuana Grow Operation?http://solgps.gov.ab.ca/drugs/marijuana.aspx?id=3625 Hydroponics -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. Often Illegal Drug Operations are Power Boot-Strappers : They Jump or By-Pass the AC Mains and Meter. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You called it. The police say there is plenty of evidence of a major drug growing operation. The wiring was very crude and hidden behind drywall. The utility engineers are surprised the house didn't burn down. Complete details redacted at their request. Let's just say there were many odd devices left connected to the bootleg AC. Terry |
Yet another power outage.
wrote:
On Jan 2, 9:31 pm, RHF wrote: On Jan 2, 7:55 am, wrote: On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote: In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. - It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered - on the empty house behind the house next door. BUSTED - Call the NARCs ! Sounds like a Marijuana Growing Operation : Uses lot's of AC Power Usage due to CFL Grow Lites plus the Hydroponics.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...rban-pot_x.htm How Can Someone 'Spot' a Marijuana Grow Operation?http://solgps.gov.ab.ca/drugs/marijuana.aspx?id=3625 Hydroponics -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. Often Illegal Drug Operations are Power Boot-Strappers : They Jump or By-Pass the AC Mains and Meter. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The power outages were a blessing. I have been plagued by a intermittent AC "buzz". I had been thinking it was a nearby security light because as you know they can be RFI nightmares. We live in a subdivision that a developer is trying to buy out and redevelop into a primer upscale, as in expensive gated, community. He is buying out everyone he can and has bought the homes behind us, on one side of and both homes diagonally behind us. During the new years eve 'black out', I dug out my blackest clothes and played commando or cat burglar. I wanted to take a look at the home to our north east corner. The meter has been pulled and the telephone NID, demarcation box, was removed. When the power came back on I walked over that way with a DX398 and sure enough the noise was pretty strong. I contacted the developer and explained the situation. A flunky dropped of a key and told me to take my time the house would be demolished as soon as the permits are granted. After PT (pain and torture) I arrived home at 4:00 and took the key and drove over. We have 3" of snow and with my knee I am not going to risk clowning around. As I pulled into the drive way, the MW receiver in the car experienced severe RF noise. Kind of odd considering the meter is missing. So I do a walk through and while the noise is strong, it isn't as strong as in the drive. I found a battery charger in the garage that was still receiving power. It appears the previous owners had tapped before the meter. I contacted the developer and explained what I had found and he asked me to contact the utility. Since the chief engineer and I are on speaking terms I called him and explained what I had found. He said he would be over 'real soon'. 15 minutes later he was here. We drove over in his 4WD and he was very unhappy. He took photos and called the developer and gained permission to know some drywall down. Sure enough behind the meter base, attached to an external wall, there was a bootleg connection. At that point he called the state police police to come and take a report, and a crew to come and disconnect the home at the transformer. It appears our utility takes a very dim view of bootleg connections. I asked him to drop me off at home before the crew arrived because I wanted to hear what would happen when the service was killed. I was lucky, the loud buzz was back in force. The crew arrived and did a hot disconnect. The temps are 13F so I guess they don't want to make people more upset then the four black outs did. Anyway, the buzz vanished shortly after the bucket truck guy went up. It has been almost an hour and no buzz. The developer called me to thank me for my efforts. He did not want a house fire as a fire run would cost 3 times as much as the demolition crew. The chief engineer was very appreciative. He gave me his private cell phone number. I have been trying to find that noise source for at least 3 years. At times it would go away for as long as a month. Then it would be there for days on end, but everytime we started hunting for it would go quiet. The charger is a very expensive unit, but the state police grabbed it as evidence. They have a crime scene unit over there right now taking the place apart. I keep expecting a knock on my door for them to ask for my fingerprints since I was inside. Now for some DXing with the heat on! Terry Once upon a time generating a lot of radio noise was a crime. |
Yet another power outage.
On Jan 3, 7:26 am, wrote:
On Jan 2, 4:31 pm, RHF wrote: On Jan 2, 7:55 am, wrote: On Jan 2, 10:23 am, BDK wrote: In article faff3e9c-6212-42a4-badc-9bc0252ba3e4 @y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says... Now that the temps are 11 degree F, I really hope the utility has their power problems fixed. We had a scheduled 90 minute outage last night from 4:00PN to 5:30PM EST. At 4:55 I opened the main breakers to protect the heat pump and fridge from transients. In an effort to verify my idea that simple antennas are adequate for RF quiet locations I asked my wife to route a ~70' wire from a 15' tall fiber glass pole attached to a fence post into my radio room window. I have a piece of Lexan that is 2' high and just fits into to the storm window. It has a variety of holes from antenna experiments over the last 25 years. The entry point is about 4' off the ground and the wire sloped up to a ~18' fiber glass pole. I was listening as the power went down, and like I expected the S3 noise vanished. The wire antenna wasn't as good as the roof mounted active antenna but the difference was minimal. I was using the high Z (500 ohms) on one R2000 and the 50 ohm with the roof mounted active antenna on the other R2000. Both R2000's are fairly stock and after 45 minutes I swapped the antennas and receivers. If I lived in a unpowered deep woods cabin then I wouldn't bother with 'fancier' antennas. A 50 to 100 foot wire and a well casing would do just fine. Of course powering a receiver becomes an issue. It was interesting as they brought us back on line one section after another. I could hear the noise increase but even with power on the next street over, the random direct wire antenna worked great. When they brought up our street the noise level went backup to S3. I am stating to wonder how much noise is coming in on the utility ground conductor. Terry Take a portable, tune into the hash and start walking around. A friend of mine recently had a lot of noise, it turned out that one of the three wires from his electric meter to his breaker box had loosened up and was burning up. He had already had to replace the wires to the meter after they caught on fire. I found the source of an "Arc Welder" type of interference in a short time while walking my dog. When it rained out, it was horrible, and could be heard. Eventually, it could be heard 24/7. After about 6 months of being told, "It's on the list", a direct hit by lightning took care of the transformer, blowing it to pieces. It was worth the outage. My background went from a S-9 at it worst to nearly 0. BDK I have walked around and there isn't any single direction the noise is coming from. I used a WL1030, with my messed up arm my wife was carrying the loop, and other the some really odd looks, I couldn't pin it down. - It is like a giant noise bubble about 500' across centered - on the empty house behind the house next door. BUSTED - Call the NARCs ! Sounds like a Marijuana Growing Operation : Uses lot's of AC Power Usage due to CFL Grow Lites plus the Hydroponics.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...rban-pot_x.htm How Can Someone 'Spot' a Marijuana Grow Operation?http://solgps.gov.ab.ca/drugs/marijuana.aspx?id=3625 Hydroponics -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics During the New Years eve outage I got to play commando or cat burglar and slipped over to see if there was anything obvious. The electric meter and telphone NID are both removed so I don't know what is happening. Often Illegal Drug Operations are Power Boot-Strappers : They Jump or By-Pass the AC Mains and Meter. There are no solar devices etc. I have contacted the builder that bought the home and he dropped a key off with my wife about an hour ago so I can do a walk through. Any ideas what could be a noise source in an unpowered home? Terry- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You called it. The police say there is plenty of evidence of a major drug growing operation. The wiring was very crude and hidden behind drywall. The utility engineers are surprised the house didn't burn down. Complete details redacted at their request. Let's just say there were many odd devices left connected to the bootleg AC. Terry Amazing ! Great story |
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